HP OMEN Manual

OMEN by HP Laptop PC
Maintenance and Service Guide

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Product notice
This guide describes features that are common
to most models. Some features may not be
available on your computer.
Not all features are available in all editions or
versions of Windows. Systems may require
upgraded and/or separately purchased
hardware, drivers, software or BIOS update to
take full advantage of Windows functionality.
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Second Edition: July 2016
First Edition: May 2016
Document Part Number: 861731-002

Important Notice about Customer Self-Repair Parts
CAUTION: Your computer includes Customer Self-Repair parts and parts that should only be accessed by an
authorized service provider. See Chapter 5, "Removal and replacement procedures for Customer Self-Repair
parts," for details. Accessing parts described in Chapter 6, "Removal and replacement procedures for
authorized service provider parts," can damage the computer or void your warranty.
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iv Important Notice about Customer Self-Repair Parts

Processor information
IMPORTANT: This version of Windows running with the processor or chipsets used in this system has limited
support from Microsoft. For more information about Microsoft’s support, please see Microsoft’s Support
Lifecycle FAQ at https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle.
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Safety warning notice
WARNING! To reduce the possibility of heat-related injuries or of overheating the device, do not place the
device directly on your lap or obstruct the device air vents. Use the device only on a hard, at surface. Do not
allow another hard surface, such as an adjoining optional printer, or a soft surface, such as pillows or rugs or
clothing, to block airow. Also, do not allow the AC adapter to contact the skin or a soft surface, such as
pillows or rugs or clothing, during operation. The device and the AC adapter comply with the user-accessible
surface temperature limits dened by the International Standard for Safety of Information Technology
Equipment (IEC 60950-1).
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Table of contents
1 Product description ....................................................................................................................................... 1
2 External component identication .................................................................................................................. 4
Right side ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
Left side ................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Display .................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Top .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
TouchPad ............................................................................................................................................. 8
Lights ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Button and speakers ........................................................................................................................... 9
Keys ................................................................................................................................................... 11
Using the action keys ........................................................................................................................ 11
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Rear ...................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Labels ................................................................................................................................................................... 14
3 Illustrated parts catalog .............................................................................................................................. 16
Computer major components .............................................................................................................................. 16
Display assembly subcomponents ...................................................................................................................... 20
Mass storage devices ........................................................................................................................................... 21
Miscellaneous parts ............................................................................................................................................. 22
4 Removal and replacement procedures preliminary requirements .................................................................... 23
Tools required ...................................................................................................................................................... 23
Service considerations ......................................................................................................................................... 23
Plastic parts ....................................................................................................................................... 23
Cables and connectors ...................................................................................................................... 24
Drive handling ................................................................................................................................... 24
Grounding guidelines ........................................................................................................................................... 25
Electrostatic discharge damage ........................................................................................................ 25
Packaging and transporting guidelines .......................................................................... 26
Workstation guidelines ................................................................................................... 26
Equipment guidelines ..................................................................................................... 27
5 Removal and replacement procedures for Customer Self-Repair parts ............................................................. 28
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 28
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Battery ............................................................................................................................................... 29
Optical drive ....................................................................................................................................... 30
6 Removal and replacement procedures for authorized service provider parts .................................................... 32
Component replacement procedures .................................................................................................................. 32
Base enclosure .................................................................................................................................. 32
Hard drive .......................................................................................................................................... 34
SSD (M.2) ........................................................................................................................................... 37
Memory module ................................................................................................................................ 38
WLAN module .................................................................................................................................... 40
Right speaker ..................................................................................................................................... 42
USB board .......................................................................................................................................... 44
Fan ..................................................................................................................................................... 45
Heat sink for discrete graphics memory ........................................................................................... 46
Left speaker ....................................................................................................................................... 48
Heatsink for CPU and graphics .......................................................................................................... 50
System board .................................................................................................................................... 52
RTC battery ........................................................................................................................................ 55
Power in connector ............................................................................................................................ 57
TouchPad board ................................................................................................................................. 59
Display assembly ............................................................................................................................... 61
7 Using Setup Utility (BIOS) ............................................................................................................................. 69
Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ................................................................................................................................ 69
Updating Setup Utility (BIOS) .............................................................................................................................. 69
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................................... 69
Downloading a BIOS update .............................................................................................................. 70
8 Using HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) ....................................................................................................... 71
Downloading HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI) to a USB device .................................................................... 71
9 Backing up, restoring, and recovering ........................................................................................................... 73
Creating recovery media and backups ................................................................................................................ 73
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ......................................................................... 73
Using Windows tools ........................................................................................................................................... 74
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................... 75
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................... 75
What you need to know before you get started ............................................................. 75
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ................................................. 76
Using HP Recovery media to recover .............................................................................. 76
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